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HistorySep 17, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

Email-Address-List vulnerability

2020-09-1700:00:00
ubuntu.com
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5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.012 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.5%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

  • libemail-address-list-perl - RFC close address list parsing

Details

It was discovered that Email-Address-List does not properly parse email
addresses during email-ingestion. A remote attacker could use this issue
to cause an algorithmic complexity attack, resulting in a denial of
service. (CVE-2018-18898)

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu18.04noarchlibemail-address-list-perl< 0.05-1+deb9u1build0.18.04.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu16.04noarchlibemail-address-list-perl< 0.05-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1UNKNOWN

5 Medium

CVSS2

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

7.5 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

7.4 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.012 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.5%